What Dan Pfeiffer has said about White House ballroom project
4 quotes · 3 episodes · May 1, 2026 – May 22, 2026
Dan Pfeiffer, Co-host of Pod Save America, author of the Message Box newsletter, and former White House communications director, has been quoted on White House ballroom project 4 times in 3 episodes of Pod Save America, most recently on May 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Pfeiffer predicts Congress will not approve ballroom security funding this year.
“It doesn't seem like they're going to be able to get money out of Congress for this this year”
Pod Save America: Trump's Revenge Leads to Republican Revolt (May 22, 2026) · Listen from 21:49
Pfeiffer calls the Republican plan to spend $1 billion on the ballroom an unprecedented election-year blunder.
“This is the most insane thing I have ever seen a party do in an election year”
Pod Save America: It's One Ballroom, Donald, How Much Could It Cost? (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 30:45
Pfeiffer argues the ballroom could become a symbol of waste comparable to Reagan-era scandals over costly hammers and toilet seats.
“The ballroom has the ability to be the equivalent of the whatever was the $600 hammer, the toilet seat, all the things in the Reagan era”
Pod Save America: It's One Ballroom, Donald, How Much Could It Cost? (May 8, 2026) · Listen from 33:02
Pfeiffer argued Trump responded to the correspondents' dinner attack by pushing for his ballroom, which he called politically unpopular.
“Trump used that moment to push for the ballroom because that is the thing he truly wants more than anything else”
Pod Save America: Did Trump's Supreme Court Rig the Midterms? (May 1, 2026) · Listen from 25:13
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Pfeiffer predicts Congress will not approve ballroom security funding this year.
“It doesn't seem like they're going to be able to get money out of Congress for this this year”
Pod Save America: Trump's Revenge Leads to Republican Revolt (May 22, 2026) · Listen from 21:49 · White House ballroom project
Episodes
Trump's Revenge Leads to Republican RevoltPod Save America · May 22, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer discuss Republican resistance to Trump's priorities and the DNC's 2024 autopsy, and Tommy Vietor interviews California gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan.
It's One Ballroom, Donald, How Much Could It Cost?Pod Save America · May 8, 2026 · 1 h 38 min
Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer discuss the Iran war, Trump's taxpayer-funded ballroom, Vance versus Rubio, gerrymandering and Kash Patel; Jon Lovett interviews Tom Steyer.
Did Trump's Supreme Court Rig the Midterms?Pod Save America · May 1, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Dan Pfeiffer and Alex Wagner discuss the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling, Trump's grudges and Hegseth's testimony; Tommy Vietor interviews Iowa Senate candidate Zach Wahls.
Others on White House ballroom project
- Jon Favreau · 4 quotes
- Heather Cox Richardson · 3 quotes
- Jon Lovett · 3 quotes
- Joe Rogan · 1 quote
- Alex Wagner · 1 quote
- Norm Eisen · 1 quote
- Megyn Kelly · 1 quote
- Buck Sexton · 1 quote
Dan Pfeiffer on other topics
- 2026 United States midterm elections · 17 quotes
- 2026 United States Senate election in Maine · 10 quotes
- United States war with Iran · 9 quotes
- 2026 United States Senate election in Texas · 6 quotes
- 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries · 6 quotes
- Political corruption in the United States · 5 quotes
- Redistricting in the United States · 4 quotes
- Donald Trump approval rating · 4 quotes